The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women in Pakistan's conservative and patriarchal society, says more than 3,000 women have been killed in such attacks since 2008.

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Pakistan woman ‘set on fire for refusing marriage proposal’ dies

The Aurat Foundation, a campaign group that works to improve the lives of women in Pakistan’s conservative and patriarchal society, says more than 3,000 women have been killed in such attacks since 2008.

Prevention of anti-women practices: Activists hail the bill, but warn protests if blocked

The activists stated this at a reception ceremony organised by Aurat Foundation’s Legislative Watch Programme for Women Empowerment at a local hotel. The chief guest at the reception, Member National Assembly (PML-Q) Dr Donya Aziz said, “It …

Women oriented action films aren’t the norm in India, though there have always been exceptions like Khoon Bhari Maang and Zakhmi Aurat, not to mention all those ... And then she has bagged Karan Johar’s ambitious Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, co-starring …

They were speaking at a meeting on violence against women organised by the Aurat Foundation. They urged the relevant authorities to severely punish all those found involved in this heinous crime. Nusrat Abbasi, MPA of the Pakistan Muslim League (F) …

Pregnant woman beaten until she lost her one-and-half month old baby [PAKISTAN]

ISLAMABAD - Gone are the days when police used to protect the poor from the wrath of the mightiest: instead police in Pakistan are fast becoming a ... compiled and made public by the Aurat Foundation in August 2013. The fifth annual report “Beyond ...

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BJP condemns Aiyar, Azam for Paris remark, calls them 'propagandaist' of ISI, IS

Mr Lekhi drew attention to the fact that Mr Modi, when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, had condemned Pakistani Prime Minster for calling the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "dehati aurat"(a dowdy ... UNI PRA AE SB 1935

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Jazbaa: In Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood gets a single-mother hero after long

In 1957, when Mehboob Khan's Mother India, a remake of his own 1940 film Aurat hit the theatres, viewers were hit by the struggles of a single mother. Nargis' portrayal of the poverty-stricken Radha in the film, and the film in itself, have both been ...

The youngsters, at the time, would celebrate their freedom to his beats, but it was that same fusion of instruments that saw them through their mourning after the Indo-Sino war with 'Ae mere watan ke ... abmua ka ped” from Aurat (1940).

Biography: Puneet Issar became ... many more. Issar started his movie career by starring in Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic movie Coolie in the year 1983. He was offered a number of movies as the anti-hero. Some of his movies include Zakhmi Aurat, Jagruti ...